Chapter 27 The Village that Remained the Same (1/2)

Well… I was already used to being betrayed.

The village chief strongly rejected me even though Seto had vouched for me. The villagers surrounded me, but not to appreciate my return. Ahh, those eyes that see me with murderous intent as if I’m some kind of a monster.

Seto came between me and the villagers, trying to calm them.

[Everyone, please listen! Fate has come here to help dispatch the monsters! He doesn’t mean for anything else！]

Even so, the villagers kept coming at me with hoes and axes in their hands.

Alas, the villagers saw me returning to take revenge, seeing the village was in peril. The helping dispatching the monsters might be a lie, since I could just run away with the money.

First and foremost, it’s impossible for a trash who can only eat to defeat those monsters. I’m obviously lying…. Dozens of villagers began badmouthing me.

It wasn’t even a wealthy village before the monsters attacked. So it only served to make their heart even more grim.

The condition was actually much worse than when I was still staying here.

These people seemed to believe that with mere 10 silver, Seto would be able to bring excellent warriors. But in fact, 10 gold was the bare minimum.

Their long awaited saviour turned out to be the good-for-nothing who had been banished out years ago. So the villagers’ anger was actually well justified.

And Seto having delayed off the schedule only served to stoke the flame even hotter.

[Seto, having spent that much time, what kind of result is this? You couldn’t even bring one real warrior to come?！]

[Can you really become the next village chief this way？]

[We don’t know when the monsters will attack next, so be more serious and bring a real warrior！ Don’t you know how we’ve been living in fear all these time?！]

Scoldings also being directed toward Seto who were standing in between. His father, the village chief even had to apologize to the other villagers since it had boiled down to that.

[Everyone, forgive him for not delivering properly……. Perhaps, he’s still too young to be able to employ a warrior. It’s sad to say this. Tomorrow morning, I will go to recruit a warrior myself.]

[But what if the monsters come in the meantime?！ Just yesterday I think I heard monster’s cries from the forest. The village may not be here anymore when the warrior arrived.]

[Indeed. But…..hasn’t Seto brought along a nice food for them? He’s can be good as a sacrifice to buy some time.]

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The village chief pointed at me. Oi oi, now you are going to treat me as mere food?

I was just tagging along to visit my parent’s grave, and kill monsters while I’m at it…… That’s it. But, unbelievably……. They actually treated me this way.

Through 《Mind Reading》 Greed was laughing at the dumbstricken me.

『Fate, you……are just a bait in their eyes. Hahahahahaha, bait, bait, bait！』

[Shut up]

But it’s true if this kept up. Should I threaten the village a little, I thought so while drawing Greed from its sheath.

[Fate, wait. Bear with it for now, please.]

Seto bowed to me. Really……these people gave me more headache than when I was fighting a strong monster.

The village chief soon left, leaving the others to continue the talk. Meanwhile I was prohibited to leave the village. And Seto was appointed as a lookout to make sure that I won’t escape.

[Listen, Seto. Watch him properly so this good for nothing doesn’t get away. Before I returned from Tetra tomorrow, if the monsters attacked, just use him as sacrifice. Don’t let him escape, and don’t be a disappointment again.]

After saying that much, the village chief went back to his house. The villagers who consented also returned to their houses.

Apparently, they thought that I was still the old me. A small fry that could be caught easily. Such garbage wasn’t needed, but I was good enough as a sacrifice. Especially since I had no other relatives that would bear grudges towards the villagers after I died.

For those villagers, I’m but a fly approaching fire.

The village became quiet again at night. There were only me and Seto left outside.

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[Oi, Seto. This isn’t what you have promised. I was supposed to hunt monsters, but by some miracle I was relegated to mere food.]

[I’m sorry……I’m really sorry.]

Seto said so while covering his face with both hands. What was left of his partially bald head flew around due to the wind. Apparently his youth was eaten away by anxiety.

I’d just give my parents’ grave a visit then leave……at first that’s what I thought. But….the Gluttony skill had begun to show sign of hunger.

It surely won’t let me to simply leave after visiting the grave.

I sighed at the odd feeling on my right eye,

[For the time being, let’s stay at my house. The lookout post is also okay. Since Fate’s old home is already……]

Yes, my house was burnt when I left the village. Perhaps, what remained now is only the frames and some other leftovers.

Certainly not a place where one can sleep.

[If I’m allowed to do so. That said, are you living along？]

[I have 1 daughter. My wife was eaten by monsters at the forest and died……]

That explained why he was so desperate, he wants to protect his daughter. Somehow, I felt that his appearance overlapped with that of my deceased father’s.

[There, my house is just over there. Please follow me.]

[Yeah]

Arriving at Seto’s house, I found that his house was only half of the chief’s, similar to the other villager’s. A family could roughly fit in it.

When he opened the door, a girl, about five years old, jumped at Seto.

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